| has gloss | eng: Oldest of the country The first International Regatta of Royal Club Nautique de Gand or KRCG was in 1897. In those days the name was Cluysen - Ter Donck Regatta or May - Regatta and it was organised on Ascension Day. Until 1954 it was the largest rowing regatta in Belgium. Today it is the oldest in the country and the third largest in the The East Flemish Rowing League. This is the club who won Silver in the eights at the 1908 Games in London for Belgium and won several times the famous Grand Challenge Cup in the early days, the Diamond Challenge Sculls 1991 (Wim van Belleghem) and the Thames Challenge Cup 2001 where they beat 40 British and Irish crews at the Henley Royal Regatta. |
